"Nuclear weapons don't kill people. People kill people". So obviously we should let everyone order their own personal nuke from Amazon and let the market sort it out, or something.

Technology concentrates power. Yes, people may be the problem, but "taming technology" is obviously not a "flawed premise". There is a big difference between people having the power to bludgeon their neighbors with sticks and stones compared to blowing up entire continents with nukes.

If it were possible to order nuclear weapons from Amazon, laws would not help.

Technology shapes behavior. To ignore that is to ignore history.

People kill people using guns.

> firearms accounted for 78% of all mechanisms used in homicides between 2018 and 2025.

https://ammo.com/research/murders-by-weapon-type

People also defend people using guns so I guess it shakes out